Kerry has no discipline. His aids are now in a panic because they realize this. Kerry is very arrogant and pompous. He will exceed his time again and again, and the lights going off will embarrass his orange face.
Posted on 09/30/2004 11:10:39 AM PDT by sr4402
Democratic candidate John Kerry's campaign demanded Thursday that the lights signaling when a speaker's time has expired during debates with President Bush be removed from the lecterns because they are distracting, but the commission hosting the debates refused.
An angry exchange between representatives of the Kerry campaign and the Commission on Presidential Debates took place just hours before the candidates were to meet at the University of Miami for the first of three debates, The Associated Press learned.
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Kerry's team threatened to remove the lights when they visit the debate site with Kerry later in the day.
``We'll bring a screwdriver,'' said a Kerry aide familiar with what several people called an angry exchange. The commission did not return a call seeking comment.
The commission placed the lights on the lecterns in clear view of the television audience and those in the auditorium.
An agreement between the Kerry and Bush campaigns specified that timing lights ``shall be placed such that they are visible to the debate audiences and television viewers.''
However, Kerry's team contended that the agreement doesn't specifically say where the lights should be placed, and it said putting them on the lecterns creates a distraction.
The Bush team pushed for the lights in negotiations with Kerry advisers.
The commission is a nonprofit and nonpartisan corporation that has sponsored all the presidential debates since 1988.
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The light is on but nobody is home?
Kerry was for the light before he was against it
Kerry refuses to see the light
Teresa is bringing a screwdriver, too. She likes to mix them every morning.
Kerry regrets he can't bring a gun, but a screwdriver is the next best thing for a psycho rampage.
The red lights highlight Kerry's orange face.
Kerry wants to talk past his limit so he's afraid of the lights. That's not a joke, but Kerry is.
I understand.
It takes much longer to answer a direct question when you have to explain "why this time" you have a different stance than the last 4 stances on the same question.
This should be good!
Why does this not surprise me????????????
Kerry has no discipline. His aids are now in a panic because they realize this. Kerry is very arrogant and pompous. He will exceed his time again and again, and the lights going off will embarrass his orange face.
Anybody whose thoughts are so tenuous as to be distracted by a couple of light bulbs, should not be president of the United States in a time of war.
ROFL!!!!!!!!!
Perhaps they'd agree to the lights if they were controlled with a TOGGLE SWITCH.
A disco ball is perfect!
Exactly. This is great news.
Let him yammer on.
Why does this remind me of Captain Picard?
Hey Edwards, why not sue Vernon Jordan for malpractice?
Oh come on... have some fun with it! He should have said, "We'll bring a hammer". :-)
and a sickle???????
The Lights will mess up my special tan.
/sarcasm off
Think this flip flop by the Kerry team is amusing, should hear Rush replaying the All Stars attempt to make sense of Kerry's stance on Iraq. LOL
He really wouldn't have an idea, but it would appear that he did.
Because then the light would have an ORANGE GLOW to it!
THESE PEOPLE ARE PATHETIC!!!
I can hardly wait for these debates. It's going to be one WONDERFUL example for my grandson, of how to and not to act.
They had better not get near to the President of the United States with a screwdriver. It could be used as a weapon.
What time is the debate tonight?
Left Coast time please.
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